CaptainAmericaCup

Mr Salvatore - First off, THANK YOU! The Icewind Dale trilogy were honestly the first books I'd read all by myself and actually ENJOYED reading them. I instantly loved the characters and have been hooked ever since. I missed a few of the recent books while in the military (I'm trying to catch up on your work, it's been an exciting time!) but I recently read something I wanted to ask you about.

In an excerpt from....oh my gosh this is embarassing, I'm blanking on the book name (I'm at work! Sorry!)...but Drizzt had a "journal entry" about how hard it was to out-live the original band of heroes...and his friends. While reading that, I could almost see you writing those words. It felt very personal and, to me, it felt like you were saying those words to us readers.

Anyway, I have two questions.
1) Am I way off in thinking that those were were really from you to your readers, kind of explaining how you felt about moving on?

2) Either way, those words felt very honest even if they were coming from a character in your head. Do you think Drizzt will allow himself to connect with others in the future, as much as he did with the old friends? (I'm still catching up on reading your work so I'm sorry if you literally answer this in a book haha)

Love your work and I bet you have a pretty cool family too! Take care of them and yourself!! I lost Robin Williams yesterday, can't handle not having anymore Salvatore books to look forward to! (until you retire...that is ok.)

Thank you! I didn't know about the cancer, I will check that book out immediatly and I'm sorry for that loss...for what that's worth from a random stranger. Take it easy!

Asking the obvious here - the show Mad Men has a very realistic quality to it from my limited knowledge of the time. While I'm aware that lots of drama is added to push the main story forward, how accurate are the people and events compared to your experiences?

Also - what was the first album you bought with your own money?